Evaluation of insecticide impregnated baits for control of mosquito larvae in land crab burrows on French Polynesian atolls

Journal of Medical Entomology

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 658-661

  Lardeux, Frederic ^a   Sechan, Yves ^a   Faaruia, Marc ^a,b  

^a INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE POUR LE DÉVELOPPEMENT   (France)

^b Institut Louis Malarde   (France)

Author keywords

Aedes polynesiensis; Cardisoma carnifex; Culex spp; French Polynesia; Land crab; Mosquito control

Indexed keywords

AEDES POLYNESIENSIS; CARDISOMA; CARDISOMA CARNIFEX; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA);

CHLORPYRIFOS; CHLORPYRIFOS METHYL; CHLORPYRIFOS-METHYL; DRUG DERIVATIVE; INSECTICIDE;

AEDES; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BRACHYURA; DRUG EFFECT; LARVA; METHODOLOGY; MOSQUITO; POLYNESIA;

AEDES; ANIMALS; BRACHYURA; CHLORPYRIFOS; INSECTICIDES; LARVA; MOSQUITO CONTROL; POLYNESIA;

EID: 0036634877     PISSN: 00222585     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1603/0022-2585-39.4.658     Document Type: Article

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